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Rabbi’s turban
Along with several cloaks, a sash, and some family documents, this turban was donated to the Israel Museum from the personal clothing of Rabbi Sassoon Kedoory (1885–1971), the last Chief Rabbi of the Jewish community of Baghdad. The impressive headdress seems to be a personal version of the typical headgear of Baghdadi rabbis. It consists of a soft red woolen fez with a blue silk tassel, surrounde…
Type of item
- Object Type: folk costume
- Object Type:
- Object Type: liturgical costume
- Fez, Turban
- folk costume
- liturgical clothing
- Liturgical costume
Date
- 1920s–1970s
Medium
- Material: cashmere
- cashmere (wool)
- Cashmere
Type of item
- Object Type: folk costume
- Object Type:
- Object Type: liturgical costume
- Fez, Turban
- folk costume
- liturgical clothing
- Liturgical costume
Date
- 1920s–1970s
Medium
- Material: cashmere
- cashmere (wool)
- Cashmere
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Rights
- Photo © The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, by Mauro Magliani
Creation date
- 1920/1979
- 1920/1979
Places
- Baghdad
Provenance
- Gift of Rabbi Kadoorie’s children: Shaoul Sassoon, London, Victoria Nissim and Marcelle Semah, Givatayim, Dr. Meir Sassoon, Tel-Aviv, Salman Sassoon, California.
Identifier
- B82.0342
- http://mint-projects.image.ntua.gr/europeana-fashion/516368
Extent
- H: 12; Diam: 30 cm
Is part of
- Europeana XX: Century of Change
Is related to
- wool (hair material)
- cotton (fiber)
- silk (silkworm material)
- embroidering
- weave
- design elements (attributes)
- red
- beige
- blue
- white
Providing country
- Israel
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2021-10-21T20:12:44.106Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2024-06-24T12:34:00.608Z